Job 13:20-27
Christian Standard Bible
20 Only grant these two things to me, God,
so that I will not have to hide from your presence:
21 remove your hand from me,
and do not let your terror frighten me.(A)
22 Then call, and I will answer,(B)
or I will speak, and you can respond to me.
23 How many iniquities(C) and sins have I committed?[a]
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 Why do you hide your face
and consider me your enemy?(D)
25 Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?
Will you chase after dry straw?
26 For you record bitter accusations against me
and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in the stocks
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles[b] of my feet.
Job 19:6-12
Christian Standard Bible
6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me
and caught me in his net.(A)
7 I cry out, “Violence!” but get no response;(B)
I call for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has blocked(C) my way so that I cannot pass through;
he has veiled my paths with darkness.(D)
9 He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
10 He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.[a]
He uproots my hope like a tree.(E)
11 His anger(F) burns against me,
and he regards me as one of his enemies.(G)
12 His troops advance together;
they construct a ramp[b] against me
and camp(H) around my tent.
Job 23
Christian Standard Bible
Job’s Reply to Eliphaz
23 Then Job answered:
2 Today also my complaint is bitter.[a](A)
His[b] hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 If only I knew how to find him,
so that I could go to his throne.
4 I would plead my case before him(B)
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would learn how[c] he would answer me;
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he prosecute(C) me forcefully?
No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
7 Then an upright man could reason(D) with him,
and I would escape from my Judge[d](E) forever.
8 If I go east, he is not there,
and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.(F)
9 When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him;
when he turns south, I cannot find him.
10 Yet he knows the way I have taken;[e]
when he has tested me,(G) I will emerge as pure gold.
11 My feet have followed in his tracks;
I have kept to his way(H) and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commands from his lips;
I have treasured[f] the words(I) from his mouth
more than my daily food.
13 But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?
He does what he desires.(J)
14 He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me,
and he has many more things like these in mind.[g]
15 Therefore I am terrified(K) in his presence;
when I consider this, I am afraid of him.
16 God has made my heart faint;(L)
the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not destroyed[h] by the darkness,(M)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Job 27:1-6
Christian Standard Bible
27 Job continued his discourse, saying:
2 As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,(A)
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,(B)
3 as long as my breath is still in me
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,(C)
4 my lips will not speak unjustly,
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
5 I will never affirm that you are right.
I will maintain my integrity[a](D) until I die.
6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.
My conscience(E) will not accuse me as long as I live!
Footnotes
- 27:5 Lit will not remove my integrity from me
Job 42:1-6
Christian Standard Bible
Job Replies to the Lord
42 Then Job replied to the Lord:
2 I[a] know that you can do anything
and no plan of yours can be thwarted.(A)
3 You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?”(B)
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
things too wondrous for me to[b] know.(C)
4 You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question(D) you, you will inform me.”
5 I had heard reports about you,
but now my eyes(E) have seen you.
6 Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
I am dust and ashes.[c][d]
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